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4-B Gets its Licks In
The New Braunels Industrial
Development Corporationscored a major win at last
weeks meeting, when attorney
ames P. Plummer was brought
in to assure the 4-B Board that
everything they were doing was on
the up-and-up. Specically, that everything
is kosher when it comes to them not ling a
Federal tax return.
In typical lawyer-speak, Plummer reliedheavily on the phrases We believe, In my
mind, and It is our opinion to soothe the
concerns o some o the Board members that
perhaps things werent being done quite by
the book - concerns we still hold. We have to
give major props to 4-B Board member Trevor
Bird or demanding answers and getting
them - in an environment where answers are
dicult to come by.
(We had to request a whole slew o
new documents to ollow up on the Plummer
presentation, and you can expect our ull
analysis o it in upcoming issues.)
The 4-B meeting did yield a tasty new
tidbit o inormation. The Board nally came
up with the missing Federal Tax ID number
that weve been asking the City to provide uswith or the past year. According to the 4-B
agenda packet, its 74-2771280, and to the
best o their knowledge, it was obtained in
1995, when the corporation was ormed.
Nobody knows or sure. Were waiting or
the IRS to ll us in on that.
Since were talking about a number that
has likely been in existence or nearly 20
years, we have to now ask why City Secretary,
Patrick Stonewall Aten, chose not to provide
it to us in May o 2012, when we rst started
asking about it. What he did give us was a
stock response which said that the City didnt
have a document responsive to your (our)
request. O course we now know that not
to be true. While an inactive number, it was
written down someplace. Were almost certainit wasnt just foating around in somebodys
head all this time.
Whats interesting about this
whole thing is that i Aten had
just given us the number, wewould have stopped looking
at 4-B and torn into some other
slab o raw meat. We wouldnt
have discovered the conficting
nancial statements or phantom 4-B
employees, (compensated at nearly $150,000
per year), and theres a very good chance
we wouldnt have made the connection to the
unholy alliance between 4-B President Tim Zippand Scooter Store Vice-President Tim Zipp.
We would have never started pulling
on the loose thread o the Hotel Occupancy
Tax unds, and the Chamber o Commerce
would be a non-issue to us. Lets ace it,
we dont pay attention to something unless
were staring it in the ace, and were easily
distracted by shiny things. Youd think theyd
have realized that by now.
Oh, how much unpleasantness could
have been avoided i Aten had just given us
what we asked or, when we asked or it. I
cannot properly express how happy I am that
he didnt. Were going to send him a ruit
basket. Hugs are mos de in order.
Now, it should be noted that Aten has a
history o not providing us with the inormationwe request pursuant to the Freedom o
Inormation Act in a timely matter, or as in the
Tax ID case, at all. The primary tactics:
Data Dump: We asked or the list o 4-B
Board ocers going back to 1995. What we
got back was a stack o meeting minutes dating
back to 1996, through which we had to dig
to nd who nominated whom, who seconded
their nomination, who moved the nomination
cease, and the results o the votes. WTF.
In another case, we asked or receipts
or Hotel Occupancy Tax expenditures, (what
turned out to be 81 pages o material), and
got back 10,464 pages o all manner o
irrelevant data, such as newspaper clippings
about New Braunels.
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Continued rom previous page.
Overcharging: That Hotel Occupancy
Tax data dump reerenced above cost us a lot
o money. Originally we were quoted a price
o $469, and then, when that didnt stop us,
the bill magically changed to $703. That
didnt stop us either, but it sure got our goat,
which is why we led a ormal complaintwith the States Attorney General, who
ollowed up with a letter to Aten containing
the ollowing verbiage:
1. The city released 10.464 pages
related to the chamber. Please explain how
the city determined these records were
responsive to the request or inormation on
where and how the chamber spent unds romthe hotel occupancy tax. Please specifcally
address items like the Visitors Center sign
in sheets, results o Google searches related
to the city, and newspaper articles that were
released as responsive.
We just heard back rom the AGs oce,
and theyre standing with Aten on this one.
Apparently, the State considers those sign-in
sheets with the names o RV enthusiasts on them
highly relevant to our request or HOT und
expenditure receipts. Heres what they dont seem
to grasp: We wanted to know how much the
Chamber spent, and specically with whom - not
circumstantial evidence that theyre doing a nice
job with that $2,909,563.42 in tax money local
hotels hooked them up with over two years time.
Weve dropped a lot o cash on inormation
requests rom the City. A lot. O cash. Youd
think theyd treat us as preerred customers
give us a punch card or something. As it is,
were preparing our appeal to the AG.
Stalling: By law, the City Secretarys
oce has a maximum o ten business days
to provide us with what weve requested. In
nearly every case, they take the entire ten day
period, right up until 5pm on the tenth day, tohand over the goods. And sometimes thats not
good enough, so they
Stall by Proxy: I theres something they
really dont want us to have, or theyre just
eeling spunky, theyll wait ten days, and
rather than provide us with the inormation,
theyll le a request or an Attorney
Generals opinion, which starts the clockover, this time at 45 business days (which
means eight more weeks).
This move is intended or use i and when
the Secretary nds ultra-sensitive inormation
that could damage a pending court action
or trigger something equally disastrous, but
when the TX Citizens Chase Cochran asked
or emails where 4-Bs Tim Zipp mentioned
Cochrans name, Aten led or the AG opinion
beore fnding outwhat was in the emails. A
pre-emptive strike, i you will, to hold back two
non-controversial emails. (Atens request or anAG opinion was later rescinded.)
TX Citizen Email Ban: We dont know who
banned emails to City Hall rom the txcitizen.
com domain, but since Aten gets about 90%
o the emails we send over there, hes the main
beneciary o it.
We let Patrick o the hook or these
obstructions because hes a swell guy andwe believed he employed these tactics at
the behest o ormer City Manager Michael
Morrison. Morrison has been gone since mid-
March, but the diculties continue, so were
going to proceed rom here on out assuming
that Stonewall is calling his own shots.
Whats unny about this is that Aten had
an opportunity to go without scrutiny or getting
a cool nickname rom us. Had he startedcomplying aster once Morrison was gone, our
hounds would have been put o the scent, as
it were, and we would have stopped tracking
in his direction. Oops.
In other news
The un began in the petition shenanigans
case that originated with the eort to recall
District Five Councilman Bryan Miranda, way
back in late 2011. David Martinez turned
himsel into authorities last Friday, ater word
got out that he would be eatured in this
weeks TX Citizen as one o Comal Countys
Most Wanted. In other words, we told him to
turn himsel in when we got the mug shots or
this weeks issue.
Martinez was asked during booking
how he ound out he was wanted, because
apparently it was supposed to be a special
surprise or him. We assumed that when
somebody is Most Wanted, it means that
Johnny Law has been looking or the suspect
or a while. Apparently, it does not. Which in
turn means there are people on the list that
dont even know theyre wanted, let alone on
the run. Anyway, we wrecked it or the Sheris
Oce. Sorry ellas.
Martinez shared an oce with the now-deunct NB Citizen and was Vice President
o the local LULAC chapter when the asco
came to light in 2012, and was the subject o
several articles in the Houston-owned Herald-
Zeitung questioning his handing o the o the
petitions, in which he didnt look good. At all.
He was also the subject o several
articles that I wrote in his deense, in
which he provided me with statements
contradictory to those he gave to the HZ.
I can only tell you this or sure: David
Martinez does not have a decent commando the written word, and is easily conused
during the most basic o conversations.
Martinez was charged with tampering
with government document with intent to
deraud or harm, and aces up to two years in
jail i convicted. Comal Countys Most Wanted
appears on page 12 o this weeks issue.
In more other newsMuch has been made o the act that a
local business called the police over a 49 cent
thet last week, and that the police actually
showed up. Someone even came into our
oce to complain about it. Let me remind yall
o two things:
1) There is no minimum order required
beore you can call the police, and,
2) Be glad the police show up when youcall them.
And no, it doesnt cost any more or them
to show up in person. The cops are out driving
around New Braunels to begin with and are
paid whether you call them or not. So stop
your whining.
In even MORE other news
Our own Last Word columnist Kelly
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at any given time. Hes much nicer than I am
and wont yell at you i you argue with him.
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FIRST ANNUAL CONCERTATHON
Student musicians rom Church Hill Middle School, Canyon Middle School
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The Glen Collins Band will be playing great country dance music at Geronimo
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Through July 31: New Braunels Puppy Playland (NBPP) is a contestant in
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Freiheit Country StoreOpen Mic w/ Fallon Franklin6pm
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Gruene HallBo Porter7pm
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River Road Ice HouseJason Eadyw/ Courtney Patton8pm
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Triple CrownFor Elise6pmThe Beaumonts, Hickoids9pm, $6
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Rileys TavernBilly Joe Shaver
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Heldover:
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this as soon as we see it. So youd better gothis weekend.
The Great GatsbyGatsby gets shot and hardly anybody
shows up to his uneral.
Java HeatScary bad-guy Mickey Rourke totally gets
killed. They make you think hes going to getaway, but then he gets killed.
Iron Man IIIBen Kingsley isnt the bad guy ater all
he just plays one on TV. The real bad guy
is that reak that shows up in the elevator atthe beginning o the movie. Pepper lives, andStark blows all the suits up.
Pain & GainMarky Mark plays a greedy muscle-head
that, ater extorting loads o cash rom Monk,tries to o him by getting him drunk andmaking him drive (like Rollin Hand did withCary Grant in North by Northwest!) Monksurvives and gets justice. The Rock BBQs
somebodys cold, dead hands to burn o theprints. Marky Mark and another guy get sentto death row. True story.
The Big WeddingNot worth spoiling as it already has Robin
Williams in it.
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While others will show up with mass produced plastic tubs o cold potato salad orblah baked beans, you will appear with a dazzling homemade southern summer side dishguaranteed to have everyone asking you or the recipe. Save your $29.99 on Match.com thismonth sweetie, and buy that cute summer dress youve been eyeing because that dreamy singleguy at the party will be asking you or more than a spoonul o this dish!
You will need:
2lbsofbreadedfrozenokra Creoleseasoning(ZatarainsorTonyChacheres) Peanutoilforfrying 1cartonofgrapetomatoescutinhalves(ordicedRomaoranyredtomatoes) greenbellpepper,diced redbellpepper,diced yellowbellpepper,diced purpleonion,diced 1bunchgreenonions,diced 6slicesofbaconcookedandcrumbleFry okra in oil as directed on the package, drain on a paper towel, and dust with Creole
seasoning; set aside to cool. While okra is rying, cook bacon in a pan until crisp, drain on papertowel, and set aside to cool. In a medium bowl, combine diced bell peppers and diced onionsensuring you have equal amounts o green, red, yellow, and purple colors. Add tomatoes, mixwith wooden spoon. Sprinkle with more Creole seasoning to taste. Just beore leaving or yourparty: add okra and bacon and mix gently. Bring the salads dressing in a separate container.
Sweet Vinegar Dressing cupvegetableoil cupsugar cupcoconutvinegarordistilledwhitevinegarIn a small sauce pan, combine oil, sugar, and vinegar. Cook over medium heat stirring
requently until sugar is dissolved.When you arrive at your party destination, pour dressing over the Fried Okra Salad and
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By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: Like many
Americans, Ive heard abou t the Fast
and Furious scandal in which our
own AF was shown to be guilty and
corrupt o supplying guns that ended
up in the hands o the drug cartels.Now, i I say any more, I might be
talking about acts that I dont know,
and I would probably only be spouting
o about what I heard on the news. I
also recently saw a report about the
viole nce in Mexico, and it mentioned
something that I was unaware o.
Te report stated that there is only
one place in all o Mexico or a citizento purchase a frearm. However, we
know that the cartels in Ciudad Juarez
(and other parts o Mexico) are heavily
armed. O course, there is always the
larger world market the cartels could
use to fnd their frepower. But just
across the border in the U.S., there are
hundreds o gun stores, in addition
to an AF that is apparently willing tosupply guns to them.
Now, Im not much o a gun
proponent or opponent. I dont think
frearms (in and o themselves) are
the cause o or solution to most o our
societal problems. However, I do know
that frepower makes cartels powerul,
and the drug violence coming out o
Mexico is hard to ignore.In light o the act that Mexicans
can only legally obtain one gun,
purchased rom one location (i they
meet all the requirements), what
are the statistics or gun-ownership
in Mexico? How does the Mexican
culture dier when it comes to the
average citizen and their view o saety
and their right to protect themselves?here are obviously diering opinions
in the U.S.A. about gun ownership,
gun rights, and gun control. Similarly,
I would expect that Mexicans have
dierent views and opinions among
each other regarding irearms.
But really, my main question is: One
gun store? In all o Mexico? One gun
store? Meanwhile, Juarez is awash withguns and blood. . .
Curious Jorge
Dear Pocho: Beore I get to your pregunta,
a quick comment on Fast and Furious: while
Im no an o the Obama administration, isnt
it so gabacho or Obama critics to only care
about the smuggling o guns into Mexico,
which causes untold misery to so many, when
they can embarrass him with it?Rery this, gabachos: Mexicans have
been buying guns in the States and sneaking
them into Mexico since the days o the Magn
brothers (my avorite smuggling story: a man
I knew once wrapped yarn around a ball
o bullets, and had his wie take it onto a
plane; she ended up knitting a sweater with
it. This was in the days antes de 9/11, o
course). And Ronald Reagan sold arms to the
Contrasor was that okay, because he was
ghting supposed commies?
Back to the question: Mexicans love
their guns as much as they love salsa,
and while the Mexican government highly
regulates sales o guns (although nowhere
near as stringent as the one-shop rule you
hard), gun violence is still high. A July
2012 post by The Guardian cited stats that
showed Mexicos gun ownership rate was
15 per 100 people (42nd highest country
in the world), which paled en comparacin
to the U.S.s astounding nmero uno rate o
88.8 per 100.
The homicide by rearm rate per
100,000 goes to the Mexicans: whereas in
the U.S., the gure was 2.97, the Mexicocira was 9.97. As or the percentage o
homicides due to rearms? 54.9 percent or
Mexis, Americans clock in at 60 percent
not much dierence. One huge caveat,
though: the report was compiled based on
stats rom 2007, ar beore the narcowars
enguled most o the country.
With a police orce as ineectual as the
GOPs Latino outreach program, the right tobear arms or Mexicans isnt just some high-
alutin constitutional idealits usually the
only way to ensure you stay alive.
Ask the Mexican at [email protected], be his an on Facebook,ollow him on Twitter @gustavoarellano
or ask him a video question at youtube.com/askamexicano!
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Guadalupe Brewing Cos Texas Honey Ale
I have a un act or you: I all the bees suddenly
died, it would probably destroy the world. Well,
I guess thats not that un o a act. Bees are
important, i cruddy Jerry Seineld cartoons are
to be believed. I bees dont pollinate plants,
plants die, then cows cant eat, and bee prices
skyrocket, causing mass riots and unrest. Beore
you know it, were living in Soylent Green and
theres no going back. Is that the world you
want to live in? Youre a monster.
Luckily, there is a way to help bees without
really even trying, thinking about it, or caring allthat much. Guadalupe Brewing Company, out o
New Braunels, donates a portion o their sales
rom their Texas Honey Ale to the Texas A&M
Entomology Department. Thats the department
where all the weird buzzing sound is coming
rom. Their Bee Research acility is doing terric
work making sure our planet doesnt collapse
rom the bee-side out, so you know its a good
cause. And i saving these yellow and black
swarms o picnic-ruining bastards isnt incentive
enough or you, theres also the act that it is a
ding-danged good honey ale.
As an added bonus, according to some
sources, ingesting local honey builds up your
immune system to the allergens in the fowers
and plants rom which the honey is made. And
by some sources, I mean the smelly dude
with the dreadlocks at Whole Foods that looks
down on your or not buying the $8 potato.
But hey, who knows whom he heard it rom
and what kind o hair they had?
Anyhow, I was lucky enough to try this
over at Oma Gruenes Secret Garten the nightthey opened their new Tap Room. In addition
to their rye India Pale Ale, Americano Wheat,
and a special Bourbon Barrel-aged Chocolate
Stout, I tried Guadalupes Texas Honey Ale
and instantly ell in love. I sprung or the
branded pint glass, quite happily, and got a
nice cold pour o this golden brew. It was a
hazy golden yellow, with just a bit o a creamy
head on it. It was about the color o honey, but
a air deal clearer. The nose, however, didnt
really give up much o that unique honeyed
scent. Sure, there was a bit o sweetness rom
the golden malt, and some nice wheat notes,
but nothing honey in it.
Upon the rst taste, I most denitely got
the honey. Now, I know there are some people
out there who dont like honey or some bizarre
reason, but I love the stu. This beer has a
great honey favor, all sweet and just a touch
o foral. You know, its really hard to examine
what honey tastes like because there are so
many dierent kinds, but I most certainly got
foral rom this. I also detected a hint o citrus,very ruity and bright like a tangerine, but that
may have actually been rom the hops. There
was just a bit o hop bitterness to balance out
the slight and mild malt prole, but they are
both greatly complimented by the honey.
Recently I tried a dry-hopped honey
mead, but this elt almost like an opposite on
the same scale. Guadalupes Texas Honey Ale
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Fun with the Ninth Amendment
My last two columns have ocused on
government cover-ups, over-reach andscandals. It looks like I was ahead o my
time. Since my last oering, a new scandal
involving the IRS targeting conservative groups
has suraced, and it has come to light that the
Department o Justice has been monitoring
phone calls and emails rom the press in a
wide-netted attempt to catch and silence leaks.
Both are getting a good deal o press, and
very little o that press is fattering.
Its times like these that I told you so seems
wholly inadequate. Obamas Yes We Can
slogan has taken on a vaguely sinister tone.
The next ew weeks (or months) will be
lled with desperate attempts on the part o the
Administration to look incompetent and out
o touch. The alternative is to seem Nixonian,
and no one wants that. Regardless o whether
you believe in nearious jack-booted behavior
or mind-numbing stupidity, its a damningcondemnation o big government.
My liberal riends, in their deense
o government, usually rely on two basic
interpretations o its unction. They see government
either as a means to accomplish things that could
not be accomplished otherwise, or they see
government as a protector rom outside orces
that would seek to exploit us and trample our
rights. Both seem perectly reasonable on their
ace but ignore the realities o human nature andin no way represent the way our country was
intended to run constitutionally.
For me the rst assumption is begging the
question. I dont accept that there are some
things that cant be accomplished in the private
sector. The usual suspects here are educating
our children, building an inrastructure,
maintaining a military or judiciary, or creating
an emergency response (rom FEMA to the re
department), but there is no end to the thingsthat a might be assigned to this category i you
have no imagination or hate the ree market.
The problem, o course, lies in that mission
creep. I can make anarchistic arguments against
government in each o the above cases, but
i government was limited to these unctions,
I wouldnt eel prompted to. The reality is that
when someone tells you that government is
designed to do things that the ree market cant or
wont do, what they really mean is government
needs to und the projects that I like.
Thats not surprising; its human nature.
Unortunately, none o these goodies are ree.
Beore the government can provide any othem, they have to conscate the unds to do so.
Regardless o what the IRS might tell you about
customer service, none o this conscation
is really voluntary. Its taken rom people who
dont want said service in the same way it is
taken rom those who do. At best, this results
in a system o democratic redistribution, where
the majority decided what services will be
provided or everyone - I will get to the worst
in the next section o the column.
The Founders sought to avoid this mission
creep by developing a limited set o duties or
the Federal government that they put down in
the Constitution. I we limit the discussion to the
Federal government, o the very reasonable list
I stated with, only the judiciary was part o that
original plan. The Founders were even against
the idea o having a standing army. The rest
have developed over time either rom careulinterpretation o the General Welare clause or
by ignoring the Constitution altogether.
The second interpretation o governments
unction seems closer to what we should be
shooting or, but it almost always gets us in
trouble. Even libertarians can all into this
trap by assuming that the primary unction
o government is to protect our rights rom
inringement. (It wouldnt surprise me i I had
said exactly that at one point or another.) Theproblem with this is twoold.
First, is that it ignores the primary source
o rights suppression: the government itsel.
Somebody violating your 1st Amendment rights?
Probably the government. Your 2nd Amendment
rights? Almost certainly the government. As or the
rest o the Bill o Rights, could it be anybody but
the government? Even the civil rights movement
was not about individual racists oppressing
southern blacks. It was about government-mandated racism given the orce o law.
The reason or this is simple. Its because
we have given the government a monopoly on
power in order to protect us rom bad actors.
The assumption is that this power will be
directed by the will o the people (remember
the worst rom above?), but more oten it is
directed by the government or its own benet,
or or the benet o those it avors.
Most o my liberal riends are concerned
about how much power big corporations
have. I always ask them to explain what they
mean. Generally these powers are ones that
are made possible by the government, notprevented by it. They never seem to grasp
the dissonance o bemoaning the way that
big corporations have undue infuence in
government while insisting that government
power be increased to address the issue.
The second problem with government
protecting our rights is the idea that the
government has any idea what our rights
are. The easy answer is to look to the Bill o
Rights, but this inevitably involves omitting the
ninth: The enumeration in the Constitution, o
certain rights, shall not be construed to deny
or disparage others retained by the people.
While the Bill o Rights is a good way to point
directly to violations, its not a laundry list.
The Founders believed that our rights
where granted to us by God (the atheists among
you can argue with me, but youd be missing
the point). Our rights arent something thatgovernment can give us or take away. Thats
what rights are. Our rights are innumerable
and only limited by our interaction with our
ellow man. How can government be expected
to protect the unknown and unknowable? They
cant. Thats why protecting our rights isnt the
primary unction o government.
Government is, at best, a necessary evil.
Any and all o its power can be misused.
The Founders tried to limit the power o theFederal government to a short list o areas
o responsibility, but largely let the states to
handle the rest. It can, and has, been said that
this little oversight led to the Civil War. Perhaps
so, but having a careully delineated structure
or government to work within is actually a
better way to keep ourselves ree than having
an expansive and paternalistic government.
We need to recognize that everything we
ask government (at any level) to do or us is alayer o power and reedom that we are giving
up. The government takes something that we
had previously reserved or ourselves and strips
it away in the name o protection or expediency.
Even what is innumerable is not unlimited; even
an onion has only so many layers that can be
peeled away beore it disappears entirely.
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The Rules: Potential contestants must submit a completedapplication form to one of the nine registration locationsnoted above by 5pm, Saturday, June 15. Emailapplications will not be accepted. Finalists will beannounced in the June 20 issue of the TX Citizen. Gender,sexual orientation and marital status are not factors inbeing named Miss TX Citizen. Contestants may enter onetime per registration location. One contestant perregistration location will be selected to compete, along
with up to three additional "wild card" contestants. Thewinner will be declared during the nalist competition onFriday, June 28, at the Phoenix Saloon.
Contestant ApplicationName: _______________________________________________________________________________________
Email Address: ________________________________________________________________________________
Special Skill/Talent: ___________________________________________________________________________
Why I should be named Miss TX Citizen in 100 words or less. Spelling and grammar count:
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I understand that this is merely an application, and that I may or may not be accepted as a nalist in the 2013 Miss TX Citizen
competition. I also understand that if I win I'll get a ton of cool stuff and be called upon up to twelve times between June 1, 2013, and
May 31, 2014 to appear on behalf of the TX Citizen and/or my sponsor for promotional purposes at BBQ competitions/chili
cook-offs/tractor pulls and/or other events. Im also over 18 and I rock.
Contestant Signature: ______________________________________________________ Date: _____________
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